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For information on conventions, meetings, and tours please call:
Trish Stoner
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The Rialto Square Theatre
Has more to
offer than just
entertainment!
- Corporate Events
- Seminars
- Charitable Dinners
- Shows
- Birthdays
- Weddings and Receptions
- Photo Opportunities
Conventions & Meetings
- Host meetings in the magnificent Rotunda
- Hold approximately 400 people in Rotunda
and 1,000 in the Theatre
- Will provide sound, projection, and catering services if needed.
- Lobby can hold approximately 50 booths for expos and conventions
- Bridal Expo
Rialto Theatre is a great venue for public events
The Rialto is a former Vaudeville movie palace built during the "Golden Age" of movies.
Debuting on May 24, 1926, the Rialto was two years in the making at an approximate
cost of one and a half million dollars. Originally conceived as a Palace For The People
by the Rubens Brothers, the Rialto is now considered one of the most beautiful
theatres in the nation. The building reflects Italian Renaissance, Byzantine.
Roman, Greek, Rococo, Venetian and Baroque architecture.
The Esplanade, or inner lobby, is designed after the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace
of Versailles, France. The arch between the Esplanade and the Rotunda area
has been carefully copied from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The elegant
rotunda is surrounded by eighteen Corinthian-style columns and surmounted by
a dome quite similar to the Pantheon in Rome.
There are over one hundred crystal chandeliers and light fixtures throughout the Rialto.
All are Czechoslovakian crystal. Steuben glass, copper and bronze. Each piece
of crystal was crafted by the Victor S. Perlman Company, in Chicago. The magnificent chandelier in the center of the Rotunda is called "The Duchess". It is one of the
largest crystal chandeliers in the United States. It weighs over two and one half tons,
is nearly twenty-two feet long and has approximately two hundred fifty lights.
The Rialto serves Joliet and the greater Will County area as a performing arts center
and hosts or presents nearly one hundred
events per year.
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